From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:38:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] New command: 'git snapshot'.
Message-ID: <20090210233801.GA9617@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vy6wdkhzk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 03:08:31PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> >> Remember that 'stash' is actually TWO commands in one:
> >> * Save current state
> >> * Reset to HEAD
> >> 
> >> My primary reason to use snapshots is to AVOID the second step.
> >
> > Doesn't that argue for "git stash --no-reset" or similar instead of a
> > separate command?
> 
> How is it different from "git stash create"?

According to the man page, "git stash create" doesn't even store it in a
ref. I think the point would be to store it in a ref somewhere (as "git
stash save" does), but not do the reset.

But I have never once used "git stash create", so maybe I am
misunderstanding it.

-Peff